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#CFA241

#cfa241 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cfa241 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 63.53% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.74% magenta, 68.6% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 40.99°, with 59.66% saturation and 53.33% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.91.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3949

Complementary

  1. #cfa241
  2. #416ecf

Split complementary

  1. #cfa241
  2. #41b5cf
  3. #5b41cf

Analogous

  1. #cf5b41
  2. #cfa241
  3. #b5cf41

Triadic

  1. #cfa241
  2. #41cfa2
  3. #a241cf

Tetradic

  1. #cfa241
  2. #6ecf41
  3. #416ecf
  4. #a241cf

Square

  1. #cfa241
  2. #41cf5b
  3. #416ecf
  4. #cf41b5

Monochromatic

  1. #5f4818
  2. #9c7727
  3. #cfa241
  4. #dec07e
  5. #eedebb

Shades

#cfa241 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfa241
  2. #ba923b
  3. #a68234
  4. #91712e
  5. #7c6127
  6. #685121
  7. #53411a
  8. #3e3114
  9. #29200d
  10. #151007
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfa241 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfa241
  2. #d4ab54
  3. #d9b567
  4. #ddbe7a
  5. #e2c78d
  6. #e7d1a0
  7. #ecdab3
  8. #f1e3c6
  9. #f5ecd9
  10. #faf6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfa241 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfa241
  2. #c79f47
  3. #bf9b4e
  4. #b79854
  5. #af945a
  6. #a89161
  7. #a08e67
  8. #988a6d
  9. #908773
  10. #88837a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9a68b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5a235 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ad45 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0948e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0a23a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6a943 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d99a76 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfa241 {
  color: #cfa241;
}
Background
.bg-cfa241 {
  background-color: #cfa241;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfa241 {
  border: 2px solid #cfa241;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfa241;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 162 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 60% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfa241 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfa241, #b5cf41);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfa241 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 162 65 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.91 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.19 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.04 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.55 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.82 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.98 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.06 #305dbe Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cfa241  rgb(207, 162, 65)  hsl(41, 60%, 53%)  Goldenrod
#416ecf  rgb(65, 110, 207)  hsl(221, 60%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#41cfa2  rgb(65, 207, 162)  hsl(161, 60%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#a241cf  rgb(162, 65, 207)  hsl(281, 60%, 53%)  Dark Orchid